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Workers at the Tadeco banana plantation  Photo from the Tadeco website The land deal for the use of 5,308.36 hectares of land in the Davao Penal Colony for the Tagum Agricultural Development Co.,  Tadeco  was found to be was found to be disadvantageous to government, a Departme stanley cup becher nt of Justice  DOJ  fact-finding committee told House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.The banana firm is owned by the family of Davao Del Norte Rep. Antonio Tonyboy Floirendo Jr.Article continues after this advertisement     In its letter dated April 27 and sent to the office of Alvarez, Justice Undersecretary Raymund Mecate said the preliminary findings of the DOJ fact-finding committee found the joint venture agreement between the Bureau of Corrections  BuCor  and Tadeco fraught withhellip; infirmities.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINF stanley website OSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s  stanley taza murderThe committee said the agreement coud be impugned on the legal ground that it violatesd the Constitution, which only allows 1,000 hectares of public land for lease to a private corporation.The committeee added that the agreement, which has been constantly renewed since 1969, had never been ldquo ubjected to any public auction or bidding, which violates the Public Land Act  Commonwealth Act 141 .It also said that Tadeco was allowed use of the penal colony from 1969 to 20 Zcze Florida: 5 new Zika cases including 1 in the Tampa Bay area
. @' v& k; E" h Transportation Sec. Jun Abaya. Photo by ARNOLD ALMACENMANILA, Philippinesndash;Department of Transportation and Communications  DOTC  Secretary Joseph Jun Abaya failed to attend Wednesdayrsquo  hearing on the Metro Rail Transit  MRT  and the Light Rail Transit  LRT  fare hike supposedly to attend preparations for the papal visit.The secretary is right now very much involved in the preparations for the papal visit. He had to request to be excused, DOTC Undersecretary Jose Lotilla said.Article continu stanleys cups es after this advertisement     This irked militant  stanley quencher solon Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares, who said Abaya has been active in defending the fare hike before the media but not before l mugs stanley awmakers.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderThe Secretary is not present but he has always involved the media which cannot interpellate him, Colmenares said.Buhay Representative Lito Atienza said it should be Abaya himself who should explain the fare hike.He signed the documents. No less than the Secretary should be presenting these, he said.Ako Bicol Representative Rodel Batocabe said lawmakers may grill the DOTC about the fare hike through Abayarsquo  deputies.Article continues after this advertisement      The DOTC has announced that the new base fare would be P11 and an addit